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| The "'''Scopes Trial'''" (''Scopes v. State, 152 Tenn. 424, 278 S.W. 57 (Tenn. 1925)'', often called the "'''Scopes Monkey Trial'''") was a watershed in the [[history of the creation-evolution controversy|creation-evolution controversy]] that pitted [[lawyer]]s [[William Jennings Bryan]] and [[Clarence Darrow]] against each other (the latter representing [[teacher]] [[John T. Scopes|John Thomas Scopes]]) in an [[United States|American]] [[Legal case|legal case]] that tested a [[law]] passed on [[March 13]], [[1925]], which forbade the teaching, in any state-funded educational establishment in [[Tennessee]], of "any theory that denies the story of the [[Creation (theology)|Divine Creation]] of man as taught in the [[bible]], and to teach instead that man has descended from a lower order of animals." This is often interpreted as meaning that the law forbade the teaching of any aspect of the theory of [[evolution]]. | The "'''Scopes Trial'''" (''Scopes v. State, 152 Tenn. 424, 278 S.W. 57 (Tenn. 1925)'', often called the "'''Scopes Monkey Trial'''") was a watershed in the [[history of the creation-evolution controversy|creation-evolution controversy]] that pitted [[lawyer]]s [[William Jennings Bryan]] and [[Clarence Darrow]] against each other (the latter representing [[teacher]] [[John T. Scopes|John Thomas Scopes]]) in an [[United States|American]] [[Legal case|legal case]] that tested a [[law]] passed on [[March 13]], [[1925]], which forbade the teaching, in any state-funded educational establishment in [[Tennessee]], of "any theory that denies the story of the [[Creation (theology)|Divine Creation]] of man as taught in the [[bible]], and to teach instead that man has descended from a lower order of animals." This is often interpreted as meaning that the law forbade the teaching of any aspect of the theory of [[evolution]]. | ||
| - | John Scopes, a high school teacher, was arrested for teaching evolution from a chapter in a textbook which showed ideas developed from those set out in [[Charles Darwin's]] book ''[[The Origin of Species]]''. The famous trial was made infamous by the fictionalized accounts given in the 1955 play ''[[Inherit the Wind]]'', the 1960 [[Hollywood, Los Angeles, California|Hollywood]] [[film|motion picture]] and the 1965, 1988 and 1999 television films of the same name. | + | John Scopes, a high school teacher, was arrested for teaching evolution from a chapter in a textbook which showed ideas developed from those set out in [[Charles Darwin]]'s book ''[[The Origin of Species]]''. The famous trial was made infamous by the fictionalized accounts given in the 1955 play ''[[Inherit the Wind (play) |Inherit the Wind]]'', the 1960 [[Hollywood, Los Angeles, California|Hollywood]] [[film|motion picture]] and the 1965, 1988 and 1999 television films of the same name. |
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | * [[Creation and evolution in public education]] | ||
| + | * [[Evolution]] | ||
| + | * [[Creationism]] | ||
| + | * [[George William Hunter]] | ||
| + | * ''[[Inherit the Wind (play)|Inherit the Wind]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[On the Origin of Species]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Mildred Seydell]] | ||
| + | * ''[[Monkey Town]]'' | ||
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The "Scopes Trial" (Scopes v. State, 152 Tenn. 424, 278 S.W. 57 (Tenn. 1925), often called the "Scopes Monkey Trial") was a watershed in the creation-evolution controversy that pitted lawyers William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow against each other (the latter representing teacher John Thomas Scopes) in an American legal case that tested a law passed on March 13, 1925, which forbade the teaching, in any state-funded educational establishment in Tennessee, of "any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as taught in the bible, and to teach instead that man has descended from a lower order of animals." This is often interpreted as meaning that the law forbade the teaching of any aspect of the theory of evolution.
John Scopes, a high school teacher, was arrested for teaching evolution from a chapter in a textbook which showed ideas developed from those set out in Charles Darwin's book The Origin of Species. The famous trial was made infamous by the fictionalized accounts given in the 1955 play Inherit the Wind, the 1960 Hollywood motion picture and the 1965, 1988 and 1999 television films of the same name.
See also
- Creation and evolution in public education
- Evolution
- Creationism
- George William Hunter
- Inherit the Wind
- On the Origin of Species
- Mildred Seydell
- Monkey Town
